Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this principle , as Bentham understands it , the ideal method for determining whether an individual 's action , or a legislative enactment , is right or wrong would be through evaluation of its total tendency to promote happiness , on the one hand , and to promote unhappiness on the other ; if the former predominates the action is right , if the latter it is wrong . |
| 2 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 3 | Partnerships need guidance and support to help those involved to continually reflect on previous learning and to plan change on the basis of this reflection . |
| 4 | On 24 February 1986 , LAG issued a booklet , Lignite on the Loughshore — the case for community survival , which they circulated among politicians , universities and the media to increase awareness of the issue and to increase pressure on the British Government to hold an inquiry on both the environmental and social impacts of the mining . |
| 5 | A conscious decision is needed to get government out of things the private sector does better and to concentrate government on the basic things that only governments can do . |
| 6 | Therefore , it is in our interests to address the problem of maritime arms control , to secure reductions in the size of the Soviet fleet and to reach agreement on the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap area . |
| 7 | He appealed to Nobel Peace laureates ( of which he is one ) to take common action to defend Pastor Tokes and to exert pressure on the Romanian authorities . |
| 8 | The West Midlands Anti-Deportation Campaign are asking people to support Dharmowtee and Prakesh , and to put pressure on the Home Office to stop the numerous unfair deportations of Black people . |
| 9 | By sharing in this process the LEA is supporting the school in helping teachers to focus their aims and objectives and to keep quality on the agenda . |
| 10 | The aim of the project is three-fold : 1 To survey public attitudes and assess the general pattern of opinion about alternative energy sources , and to locate opinion on the specific projects within this spectrum ; 2 To stimulate discussion , formal and informal , on the role of renewable resources , locally and nationally , within the context of a range of options available to form an energy policy ; and 3 To promote local discussion about the pros and cons of proposed technological innovations , which will have a local economic , social and ( or ) visual effect on the local environment . |
| 11 | Change the patient 's position two hourly to encourage secretions to drain from the chest and to relieve pressure on the chest wall . |